Metering in the Pz/Pz1p/MZ-3/5 are among the best available. For me, a
flat lite (beach scene/snow etc) will always be underexposed without
compensation. With slide material, your final choice of exposure should be
based on how you want the slide presented. In other words, think of it as
your chance to have final input. Then bracket if your experience at this
point is lacking.
For those of you that shoot slides occasionally, by all means buy a roll
or two and trial you and your camera with different types of exposures.
Evaluate the results and make any changes in your method based on the
results. In my old Spotamtic days, my success rate approached 100% because I
knew the material.
Bob Rapp
----- Original Message -----
From: "P�l Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 6:58 AM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: Multi-segment metering and exposure compensation
> Alin wrote:
>
> > Definitely contrary to my experience. More than half of my slides
> > exposed with multisegment were totally compromised by overexposure.
>
>
> Thats seem pretty starnge to me. I have no experience with the MZ-5n but
my experience with multi pattern metering is that it can be considered
"right" close to 90% of the time. A 50% failure rate seem to be about right
for centerweighted metering.
>
>
> > The only problem is that multisegment compensates mainly towards
> > overexposure and rarely does it towards underexposure. If the
> > contrast range is high - more than 4 stops as measured by different
> > segments of the meter, the more likely is that the algorithm will
> > choose to expose for the dark areas.
>
>
> This may be true for the MZ-5n but not for the 645n and the MZ-S based on
preliminary results.
>
>
> P�l
>
>
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